1 Easy Italian Potato Salad (Tomato Potato Salad) No Olives

Authentic Italian Potato Salad recipe – a simple, Italian version of American Potato salad where mayo is traded for olive oil, bite-size potato pieces are combined with fresh chunks of red ripe tomatoes that are crisp, crunchy, full-flavored, and meaty, bursting with flavor bite after bite, added to celery morsels, chopped red onion tidbits, then topped off with fresh herbs and spices (no olives).

This is a perfect meatless, low calorie, healthy, freshly prepared side dish salad to any meal, party, picnic food, easy-to-make Italian recipe, that is also a fabulous take-along option for any summer party, celebration, BBQ, cookout, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor day gathering!

Why You’ll Love This Authentic Italian Tomato Potato Salad Recipe

First and foremost, I’ve got to tell you, that you won’t find an easier color-poppin’, tasty big bowl potato salad recipe that is perfect for those spring, summer, and most Fall Holiday.

Back up a bit and for those that need a solution to what to put with their Mother’s Day meals, Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Communion Parties, Graduation celebrations, 4th of July, and Labor Day, well this is your celebrity dish!

Plus these are my favorite reasons that I make this potato tomato salad so frequently.

• Easy to find and combine fresh ingredients
• It’s easily transportable
• One bowl easy
• Authentic 5 Generation Recipe From Italy
• Egg-free Salad
• Picnic and party-perfect
• Italian Mayo-free potato salad

Ingredients For Your Italian Potato Salad

• golden potatoes
• roma tomatoes
• red onion
• Celery
• Salt and Pepper
• Olive Oil
• Italian Spices

Now that you see how basic the ingredient are are you supercharged to make the recipe?

How To Make The Italian Potato Salad

For this recipe you will now learn that I do not boil the potatoes, instead I use my pressure cooker, so here we go!

Step 1: Prep the potatoes made in the pressure cooker

It’s all about the potato prep and for this recipe, I use my Instant Pot (Electric Pressure Cooker.

The potates made in the pressure cooker are easy to work with because I simply steam the potatoes, rather than boil them and the skins stay right on the sucker!

Scrub your potatoes and give them a few jabs with a fork tine or make an ‘x’ in the middle of the potato, all so that as the pressure rises in the pot, the potatoes will not explode!

Put just enough water into the Instant Pot but it should not cover your wire rack insert.

Rest the potatoes on the wire basket, with the water below it, place the lid on and program the pressure cooker to steam.

Step 2: Prepping the Red Onions with Celery And Olive Oil

You’ll want to slice up the tomatoes and set them to the side.

Next you will chop the celery and the celery leaves (if your stalks have any), as the celery leaves are vital to the taste of the salad and you won’t want to miss the flavor that they add, then set it aside.

Chop up the red onion into fine pieces (unless you like hunks of red onion) and set it off to the side.

Step 3: Continue Preparing the Egg-Free Salad Working With The Steamed Potatoes

Once the pressure cooker is done steaming your potatoes, and the pressure is released, remove the lid (carefully).

Place a colander in the sink, and drain the pot with the potatoes.

Immediately run cold water atop the potatoes, to get them to stop cooking and steaming and in order that you can work with the potatoes.

On a cutting board, you will cut the large potato pieces into bite-size cubes and place them into a large bowl.

Repeat this for all of the remaining potatoes.

Step 4: Combining the Italian Picnic Salad

With the steamed potatoes cubed and portioned in the large bowl, you will now begin combining all of the vegetable ingredients that you have placed off to the side.

Start by adding in the chopped red onion and then add in the tomato.

Next you’ll add in the celery.

Step 5: Next Add Spices in the Potatos and Tomatoes Mixture

Now it is time to add the flavor into the dish as if the fresh tomatoes, onions and celery didn’t bring enough to the salad party we are going to amp it!

You are in control of how much or how little you want to add in, however I will share this one piece of vital information.

Unlike most recipes that I prepare, this recipe, is one where my salt shaker makes a full on appearance.

Without salting this recipe, the potatoes are bland, therefore salt is a component of the spices in the potatoes and tomatoes portion of the recipe that is a key essential.

In fact, salt brightens the flavors of the red onions and celery with Olive oil, once it all comes together!

Then you’ll top off the mixture with extra virgin olive oil.

What Do You Serve With Your Tomato Potato Salad?

You might be wondering what you can serve on the side, or what cocktail to make to compliment the recipe, and I’ll quickly overview that for you!

For Sides

I can tell you that I often serve any of these items along with my salad.

• simple corn on the cob
• baked beans
• crostini
• green beans and sauce

Cocktails

• Pretty Purple Pansy
• Strawberry Vodka Martini
• Orange Raspberry Sangria

Popular Substitutions

• Use cherry bomb tomatoes instead of cut and chopped tomatoes
• Add in Garlic
• Use Garlic Salt instead of Sea Salt
• Add breadcrumbs as a crunch
• Try Feta cheese through the Memorial Day And 4th of July Tomato With Potato Salad

How To Reheat and Store This Italian Potato Salad Recipe

I never reheat this salad.

The salad is best served when prepared or lightly cooled.

You can just eat it out of the fridge if you have leftovers without warming it.

What Is The Best Way To Store Tomato Potato Salad?

You’ll put the salad in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

How Long Will This Italian Potato Salad Recipe Last In The Fridge

The fresh Italian potato salad will last in the refrigerator for up to 5 days after that the tomatoes will get a little funky!

Can I Freeze Italian Tomato Potato Salad?

No it will get gross and the tomatoes are the reason as well as the celery does not freeze well.

How To Reheat The Potato Tomato Salad?

If you choose to reheat the salad, you can give it a short burst in a microwave safe container with your proper serving size.

Italian Potato Tomato Salad FAQs

Other Italian Recipes You’ll Love

• Mushroom Sauce
• Braciole
• bolognese
• Cannoli

Make Sure To Come Back and Tell Me How Your Italian Potato Salad Recipe Turned Out!

 Now, I have shared my favorite vegetarian side dishes that can be a side or a meal, boasts fresh red tomatoes, red onions, celery, and potatoes and will be a definite must at any party.

As a tip, take this with you if you are headed to a party.

We have been to parties where there have been no ‘meatless’ choices and I have used this as my main meal and it works just as well as a side dish, so depending on what you prefer meat or meatless this is a winning dish all the way around!

Potatoes are so yummy and versatile; smashed, mashed, fried, baked, sauteed, browned, grilled, and boiled.  

This particular recipe adds a boost of taste while allowing each vegetable in the recipe to be tasted and enjoyed.